Droste, Crimmins, Murty, Hovden take opening night victories at Highway 3 Raceway

By Jeremy Fox

ALLISON, Iowa (May 12) – The third time was the charm for the “Welcome Back” season opener at the Highway 3 Raceway in Allison, Iowa, Saturday. The season opener was rained out the two previous times, but tonight Mother Nature wouldn’t be a factor in any way.
The first feature of the night was the USRA B-Mods for 12 laps and it was Adam Ackerman making the pull from Mason City taking the early lead. Ackerman had to deal with Tyler Droste, however, throughout much of the early going. The caution came out just after five laps were completed, setting up a restart with Droste and Alex Zwanziger right behind Ackerman. Droste raced side by side with Ackerman and took the lead on lap 8. Droste went on to take the win with Ackerman in second. Matt Lettow came home third, Lucas Lundry was fourth and Zwanziger fell back to fifth.

In the USRA Stock Car 15-lap feature it was Jason Minnehan taking the lead and it appeared nobody had anything for Minnehan until lap 12 when he had his powerplant let go, lose a driveshaft and come to a rest in turn 2. This gave the lead over to Wayne Crimmins from Fort Dodge, and he ended up leading the last three laps to go and take the win. Lance Deal, Tory Reicks, Steve Jackson and Dennis Plain rounded out the top five.

USRA A-Mods provided an eventful 15-lap feature. Tim Murty redrew the pole and took full advantage as he pulled away until he caught lapped traffic. The caution flew three times on lap 7 – first for a single-car incident in turn 4, then for the restart being called back and finally for a red flag when Doug Hillson rolled his car four or five times going into turn 3.

Hillson climbed from the car and be okay but the car was badly damaged. The race got going but shortly after another lap was scored, Jerry King spun and brought out the caution. Murty wouldn’t let that bother him as he went on and took the win. Shawn Ryan, Keith Pittman, Phil Wernert and Tim McBride finished second through fifth.

The final race of the night was the USRA Hobby Stock feature and it was Steve Holthaus leading the first three laps until a look-a-like car driven by Chris Hovden snuck by and took the lead on lap 4. Holthaus then had to deal with Stac Schroeder, who got by and Holthaus but made contact and the yellow came out with both of them being sent to the tail. Hovden led the last four laps to take the win. Myles Michehl was second, Holthaus third, Pat Zimmerman was fourth and Ryan Bochmann finished fifth.

Racing continues next Saturday, May 19, at the Highway 3 Raceway with the USRA Weekly Racing Series featuring A-Mods, Stock Cars, B-Mods and Hobby Stocks. Pits open at 4:00, grandstand gates open at 5:00 and hot laps begin at 6:00 with racing to follow. Adult grandstand tickets are $10, kids ages 6-12 are $3 and children 5 & under in for free. Pit passes are $25.

The Highway 3 Raceway is located 0.3 miles north of SR 3 on S. Main St. (at the Butler County Fairgrounds). For more information check out www.highway3raceway.com online.

To learn more about the USRA, visit www.usraracing.com or call 515-832-6000.

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OFFICIAL RESULTS
American Racer USRA Weekly Racing Series
Highway 3 Raceway, Allison, Iowa
Saturday, May 12, 2012

Showing finishing position, starting position in parentheses, car number, driver, hometown and money won.

USRA HOBBY STOCKS

Heat #1:
1. (4) 21 Myles Michehl, Fort Dodge.
2. (3) 51 Stac Schroeder, Clear Lake.
3. (1) 55 Pat Zimmerman, Greene.
4. (2) 6 Shane Barnett, Allison.
5. (5) 21X Lyle Oberhelman, Fort Dodge.

Heat #2:
1. (4) 70H Chris Hovden, Cresco.
2. (5) 70 Steve Holthaus, Cresco.
3. (3) 62 Ryan Bochmann, Greene.
4. (2) 62G Adam Gebel, Waterloo.
5. (1) 2B Brad Beadler, Bristow.

“A” Main:
1. (3) 70H Chris Hovden, Cresco, $600.
2. (4) 21 Myles Michehl, Fort Dodge, $400.
3. (2) 70 Steve Holthaus, Cresco, $300.
4. (6) 55 Pat Zimmerman, Greene, $200.
5. (1) 62 Ryan Bochmann, Greene, $170.
6. (8) 62g Adam Gebel, Waterloo, $140.
7. (5) 51 Stac Schroeder, Clear Lake, $110.
8. (10) 2B Brad Beadler, Bristow, $100.
9. (7) 6 Shane Barnett, Allison, $30.
10. (9) 21x Lyle Oberhelman, Fort Dodge, $30.

USRA B-MODS

Heat #1:
1. (2) 7R Ryan Ashton, Beaman.
2. (9) 21L Matt Lettow, Roland.
3. (4) 34z Alex Zwanziger, Nashua.
4. (3) 5 Adam Ackerman, Mason City.
5. (6) 6 James Aschenbrenner, Aplington.
6. (5) 66 Levi Chipp, Latimer.
7. (8) 20G Michael Grantham, Bondurant.
8. (7) 10T Trevor Fecht, Allison.
9. (1) 55 Jamey Ayers, Bristow.

Heat #2:
1. (8) 92 Tyler Droste, Waterloo.
2. (5) 4ord Bob Sutherland, Blairsburg.
3. (4) 96 Lucas Lundry, Maynard.
4. (1) 82 Coby Bangasser, Allison.
5. (6) 32n Neil Follett, Conrad.
6. (9) 24 Kyle Roose, Grundy Center.
7. (2) 777 Dustin Enabnit, Marble Rock.
8. (7) 84w Jeffrey Welter, Nashua.
9. (3) 3 Trevor Chaplin, Iowa Falls.

“A” Main:
1. (4) 92 Tyler Droste, Waterloo, $750.
2. (1) 5 Adam Ackerman, Mason City, $400.
3. (3) 21L Matt Lettow, Roland, $300.
4. (9) 96 Lucas Lundry, Maynard, $250.
5. (2) 34z Alex Zwanziger, Nashua, $200.
6. (17) 10T Trevor Fecht, Allison, $150.
7. (7) 7R Ryan Ashton, Beaman, $130.
8. (8) 6 James Aschenbrenner, Aplington, $110.
9. (6) 82 Colby Bangasser, Allison, $100.
10. (13) 20G Michael Grantham, Bondurant, $90.
11. (14) 777 Dustin Enabnit, Marble Rock, $80.
12. (10) 32n Neil Follett, Conrad, $75.
13. (18) 55 Jamey Ayers, Bristow, $70.
14. (15) 84w Jeffrey Welter, Nashua, $65.
15. (11) 66 Levi Chipp, Latimer, $60.
16. (5) 4ord Bob Sutherland, Blairsburg, $55.
17. (12) 24 Kyle Roose, Grundy Center, $50.
18. (16) 3 Trevor Chaplin, Iowa Falls, $30.

USRA STOCK CARS

Heat #1:
1. (3) 2J Steve Jackson, Polk City.
2. (5) 22x Lance Deal, Fort Dodge.
3. (6) 121G Arlen Hoy, Marble Rock.
4. (7) 18 Tom Schmitt, Independence.
5. (4) 47 Mike Mauer, Cedar Falls.
6. (2) 86 Phil Wernent, Galesville, Wis.
7. (8) 32 Dan Feltus, Allison.
8. (1) 57 Dennis Plain, Webster City.

Heat #2:
1. (1) 27t Troy Reicks, Waucoma.
2. (4) 35 Wayne Crimmins, Fort Dodge.
3. (2) 96 Christopher Wiltse, Charles City.
4. (5) 7 Jason Minnehan, Churdan.
5. (7) 46 Cody Frerichs, Bristow.
6. (3) 7c Blake Cole, Nashua.
7. (6) 3w Shawn Wilson, Mason City.

“A” Main:
1. (6) 35 Wayne Crimmins, Fort Dodge, $1000.
2. (3) 22x Lance Deal, Fort Dodge, $500.
3. (7) 27t Tory Reicks, Waucoma, $400.
4. (5) 2J Steve Jackson, Polk City, $300.
5. (15) 57 Dennis Plain, Webster City, $200.
6. (10) 46 Cody Frerichs, Bristow, $175.
7. (13) 3w Shawn Wilson, Mason City, $150.
8. (12) 7c Blake Cole, Nashua, $130.
9. (11) 86 Phil Wernert, Galesville, Wis., $115.
10. (8) 18 Tom Schmitt, Independence, $100.
11. (2) 7 Jason Minnehan, Churdan, $90.
12. (9) 96 Christopher Wiltse, Charles City, $80.
13. (4) 121G Arlen Hoy, Marble Rock, $75.
14. (1) 47 Mike Mauer, Cedar Falls, $75.
15. (14) 32 Dan Feltus, Allison, $40.

USRA A-MODS

Heat #1:
1. (6) 99m Tim Murty, Tama.
2. (4) 72 Doug Hillson, Blooming Prairie, Minn.
3. (2) 68 Bill Crimmins, Fort Dodge.
4. (3) 86 Phil Wernert, Galesville, Wis.
5. (5) 91 Shawn Ryan, Waterloo.
6. (1) 26P Kevin Pittman, Waterloo.

Heat #2:
1. (3) 14R Rod Scheuermann, Scranton.
2. (1) 41P Keith Pittman, Waterloo.
3. (5) 70 Jerry King, Waterloo.
4. (2) 14 Derek Oberle, Evansdale.
5. (4) 7T Tim McBride, Evansdale.

“A” Main:
1. (1) 99m Tim Murty, Tama, $1000.
2. (10) 91 Shawn Ryan, Waterloo, $700.
3. (3) 41P Keith Pittman, Waterloo, $500.
4. (5) 86 Phil Wernert, Galesville, Wis., $400.
5. (9) 7T Tim McBride, Evansdale, $300.
6. (2) 68 Bill Crimmins, Fort Dodge, $250.
7. (6) 14 Derek Oberle, Evansdale, $200.
8. (4) 70 Jerry King, Waterloo, $175.
9. (7) 72 Doug Hillson, Blooming Prairie, Minn., $150.
DNS – 26P Kevin Pittman, Waterloo, $50.
DQ (8) 14R Rod Scheuermann, Scranton, $0.

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